Meigetsuin

Meigetsuin is a Rinzai Zen temple in Kita-Kamakura, best known as the "Hydrangea Temple." It was founded by Uesugi Norikata, whose posthumous name gave the temple its name. Originally part of the important Zenkō-ji, it survived the Buddhist suppression of the Meiji era. Visitors come to admire the garden with its blooming hydrangeas, one of Kamakura's famous Ten Wells, and a dry landscape garden representing the Buddhist Mount Sumeru. The temple also houses the largest yagura cave in the region, believed to be Norikata's tomb, as well as a 13th-century national treasure statue of the clan founder Uesugi Shigefusa.